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Kingsley Napley’s Medical Negligence Team ‘walks together’ with the Dame Vera Lynn Children’s Charity
Sharon Burkill
2 May 2019
FCA Business Plan 2019-20: A reflection of recent enforcement action
The FCA’s annual Business Plan sets out its main areas of focus for 2019/20. As well as being a look to the year ahead, the Business Plan reflects areas of focus of FCA enforcement action over the past year. This blog discusses four such priority areas and examples of recent enforcement action taken by the FCA in relation to: culture and governance; operational resilience; financial crime and money laundering; and the treatment of customers.
30 April 2019
FCA Business Plan 2019-20: priority to make the UK’s financial markets a difficult target for criminals
The Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) statement of priorities for the coming year – FCA Business Plan 2019-20 – is set squarely in the global context of the UK’s withdrawal from the EU, and the way technology is changing how financial firms do business and consumers engage with their financial decisions.
9 April 2019
FCA’s Guidance on Cryptoassets – welcome clarity
“Cryptoassets have attracted significant and growing attention from consumers, markets, governments and regulators globally”, stated the FCA earlier this year in launching its consultation on its Guidance on Cryptoassests. Jill Lorimer has previously commented on the Cryptoassests guidance.
The aim of the Guidance is to “provide regulatory clarity for market participants carrying on activities in this space” and it appears to do just that.
12 March 2019
Estate agents come under the HMRC spotlight
On 4 March, Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (“HMRC”) announced that they had imposed a £215,000 fine on Countrywide estate agents for failing to register the company as required under the Money Laundering Regulations 2017. This announcement was swiftly followed by the publication of the Treasury Committee report on economic crime on 8 March, where estate agents came in for stinging criticism for failing to have proper regard to money laundering compliance and risk assessment in their dealings.
4 March 2019
SFO v ENRC: what did the Court of Appeal decide and what does it mean for lawyers?
In September 2018, the Court of Appeal handed down its judgment on ENRC’s appeal against Andrews J’s High Court decision in the case of The Director of the Serious Fraud Office v ENRC. The judgment has been praised for going some way to restore sense and order to the protection of legal professional privilege.
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